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"&lt;img alt=\"0604_lamar_odom_penny_marshall_getty_tmz_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/04/0604-lamar-odom-penny-marshall-getty-tmz-4.jpg\" /&gt;Attention filthy rich LA Lakers fans -- &lt;strong&gt;Lamar Odom&lt;/strong&gt; does not have a cash-strapped assistant ... something director &lt;strong&gt;Penny Marshall &lt;/strong&gt;learned after getting jacked for several thousand bucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources tell TMZ the double-cross started at a Lakers game last month ... when a man claiming to be LO's assistant gave Penny a phone number he said was Lamar's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Penny and the person she&lt;em&gt; thought&lt;/em&gt; was Lamar texted back and forth for several days -- when finally \"Lamar\" asked her to loan his assistant a chunk o' cash. Ever the faithful Lakers fan, Penny forked over more than five grand to the faux \"assistant.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hook. Line. Sinker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that, we're told \"Lamar\" suddenly stopped texting, Penny got suspicious, and contacted the real Lamar ... who told her he doesn't even have an assistant. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penny has filed a police report with the LAPD, and we're told they've opened a grand theft investigation. Penny's rep had no comment."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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